"Wife, what’s going on with this painting?" Galen hurriedly asked, "Has this person been here..."
"No, that’s impossible..."
Lu Cheng pressed his lips together, "Do you know this person?"
Galen opened his mouth, "Maybe..."
"What do you mean maybe! Either you do or you don’t!"
Lu Cheng yelled, and Galen immediately grabbed his ear, his knee hitting the chair, "I do..."
Lu Cheng glared at him, "Speak up!"
Galen put his hand down, straightened his knee, and, feeling guilty, looked at Lu Cheng, "This person, if I’m not mistaken, was only sent to prison by me half a year ago..."
Lu Cheng fell silent instantly.
"Wife, what’s really going on?" Galen didn’t dare raise his voice.
Lu Cheng, with a serious face, sat on the sofa and recounted the story of his nightmare.
Galen was a bit incredulous, "So... you’ve never seen the person in the painting before, nor have you heard of Croft?"
Is such a fantastical thing possible?
Yu Man spoke up, "Aren’t there a few more people not depicted yet? We should paint the others together first."
Lu Cheng softened his expression.
Oops, acted a bit harshly in front of my good friend...
Then, Atier began to paint under everyone’s watchful eyes.
The thing he disliked the most was being watched by so many people.
Atier, under pressure, finally painted all three remaining people.
Lu Cheng clapped his hands, "Yes! It’s them!"
But Galen’s face grew darker.
"These people, I personally sent them to prison..."
These half-beastmen are all notorious criminals, all imprisoned in the Undersea Prison within the last year or two.
Everyone present fell silent.
Lu Cheng never intervened in the beastman’s work and wouldn’t inquire about such matters.
So, Lu Cheng indeed had never seen these people.
Then, Lu Cheng’s dream...
Galen truly believed it.
His eyes reddened, he held Lu Cheng’s hand and began to cry, "Wife, I’m sorry..."
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"Or... maybe I really shouldn’t have meddled."
Galen lowered his head, feeling regretful and deeply troubled.
He was a lawyer, yet had to bow to evil forces.
"Wife, I’m sorry... I’ll contact them now, right now, I’ll give up..."
Lu Cheng pinched him angrily, "What are you saying? Why not pursue it? It’s their fault, why are you apologizing?"
"It’s all their fault, you’re just doing what you should be doing!"
Lu Cheng glared at him, "And how can you be sure that once you give up, they’ll let us off?"
Galen looked up at Lu Cheng with some helplessness in his eyes, "Then what should we do?"
Lu Cheng blinked, turned to Yu Man in confusion, "Man, what should we do?"
Yu Man massaged her forehead, how would she know what to do?
"Start by quietly investigating to see if the prisoners Galen sent there have been released."
Lu Cheng nodded, "Yes, yes, Man is right!"
"Let’s not alert them; just act as usual," Yu Man continued, "If those prisoners really are, like in your dream, released and coming after you, it could work to our advantage."
"If we alert them, and they change their strategy, it will be harder to guard against."
Lu Cheng nodded again, "Exactly!"
Yu Man looked at Lu Cheng, nodding like a doll, and asked, "Is there any other clue in your dream? Try to think carefully."
"Clues?" Lu Cheng was puzzled, then recalled.
"Oh!" Lu Cheng slapped his thigh hard, "I remember now!"
Galen inhaled sharply.
Wife, you slapped my thigh!
He never realized the wife’s strength was so great?
"What did you remember?" They all looked at Lu Cheng in unison.
"I remember, in the dream, there was a crescent moon hanging in the sky, a very sharp crescent moon!"
Shang Yuan pulled back the curtain, looking up at the sky’s moon; though it was already light, the moon could still be faintly seen.
"Right now, it’s sharp ."
Lu Cheng looked at the moon outside and shook his head, "Not , the direction seems different..."
The moon in the dream didn’t look like a C.
Lu Cheng opened the Light Brain, searched the internet for pictures, and found an image of a new moon.
"I remember, that night’s moon was just ! Plus, there was a star nearby!"
Saying this, she found a picture of ’Venus and the Moon’.
Lu Cheng pointed to the picture, "This is it!"
Yu Man pondered, "Then, from what it’s saying, the dream isn’t far off."
From waning crescent to new moon, the time isn’t far apart.
It couldn’t be the next month.
Galen already had some evidence against them and had been warned, so he couldn’t wait another month.
In another month, with Galen’s skills and abilities, he could have sent them in already.
Lu Cheng held Yu Man’s hand, teary-eyed, "What should we do then?"
Yu Man saw her so tense she lost her ability to think and reassured her, "Don’t worry, let’s be prepared and take them down together!"
Then she turned to Galen, "If today’s events didn’t happen, what would you do next?"
Galen was silent for a moment, then said, "With some evidence I’ve gathered, I was planning to go to that place to collect more."
But given the current situation, he...
"You should go ahead," Yu Man said, "Don’t change your plans because of us for what comes next."
"Chengzi, we’re here with you, don’t worry, I’ll be with Chengzi."
Lu Cheng stood up, glaring, "No way!"
"Man, you’re still pregnant! Did you forget?" Lu Cheng stared at Yu Man’s stomach, not yet showing.
Oops, she had indeed forgotten.
"Man, you can’t get involved!" Lu Cheng took a deep breath, "It’s just a few bandits, I can handle them! Don’t worry!"
After all, Lu Cheng had been a lord for five years and had weathered many storms!
Just moments ago, I was at sixes and sevens, only because I was scared by the nightmare—anyone faced with such an uncanny thing would be baffled.
Lu Cheng nodded firmly, "Really! I can do it!"
This is a matter of life and death! Even if I can’t, I must!
"Man, you should head back today, I’ll be careful!" Lu Cheng resolutely looked at her.
I absolutely cannot drag my good friend down with me!
Though still panicked inside, she had calmed down.
Yu Man hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
"Alright," Yu Man said, "Let’s discuss our strategy today."
"When the time comes, I’ll secretly send my beastman to help you."